[78-L] interesting pasteover label

[Bill McClung]

Michael,

Is there red at the spindle hole?  The pasted label seems to be slightly
larger than the original label with just a little red showing at the hole
where it is not pasted down.

Bill

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

> On 1/2/2011 1:58 PM, Bill McClung wrote:
> > Another type of paste over is when a promo label is pasted on.  I've got
> a
> > Marilyn Monroe promotional picture label that looks to have been pasted
> over
> > a Columbia red label.
>
> A Columbia red label of WHAT???  Certainly not a Marilyn Monroe
> recording.  The new Victor label book shows on page 230 the Monroe
> picture pasteover promo label and the record that the labels were meant
> for -- a thin vinyl pressing with a white label and a big red question
> mark for the radio station people to ponder for a week as to who the
> vocalist was. "Who Is She? She's gorgeous...  Her name's a household
> word!  You guess... Ask your listeners to guess!  Answer in next week's
> DJ kit."   I've long had the record with the labels, and a couple of
> years ago finally got a copy without the labels.
>
> Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com
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